Country brief
Country name: Germany
Please estimate the number of children in school (age 3-19) in your country:
8.330.000
Please estimate the number of school drop-outs in your country in the school year 2019/2020:
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Please estimate the average number of school drop-outs per year in the 5 school years previous to school year 2019/2020?
6%
Did National exams or evaluation methods take place in academic year 2019/2020? And if so, for which levels?
All
If national exams or evaluation methods did not take place, what is the replacement solution?
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If schools resumed before the summer of 2020, were any particular year groups or other groups identified to have more contact, if so which?
1st priority of contact was given to year groups who write exams the same year, 2nd priority was given to year groups who write exams the next year.
When school resumed in the Autumn of 2020, were any particular year groups or other groups identified to have more contact, if so which?
In Autumn all students except for University students, started back with in-person teaching, partical online teaching was later resumed after Covid-19 cases rose again.
Access to education
What were the primary modes of learning implemented during the Covid-19 School closures?
- Online
- Pick-up/Send paper materials
Were the above measures put into place at a policy (national or regional level) or by schools and teachers?
- Policy (national or regional) level
Please estimate Number or percentage of children in school (age 3-19) with access to:
- high-speed internet – 35%
- basic internet – 75%
- TV – 95%
- Radio – 100%
- Computer, tablet or smart phone they could use during the day – 50%
What translation/interpretation resources/services are/were made available online for students and families from regional or national level?
Padlets, various applications.
What special or exceptional learning need supports are/were made available online for students and families from regional or national level?
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